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Displaying all articles tagged:
Tv Review
tv review
Jan. 16, 2012
TV Review:
Alcatraz
Should Never Have Been Freed
Another J.J. Abrams show, another procedural with mythological teases that makes you miss
Lost
.
By
Matt Zoller Seitz
tv review
Jan. 12, 2012
Seitz:
Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory
Offers Only a Fleeting Sense of Relief for the West Memphis Three
It’s eclipsed by a sense of emotional, physical, and spiritual exhaustion.
By
Matt Zoller Seitz
tv review
Jan. 12, 2012
Seitz:
¡Rob!
Is Not the Comedy Apocalypse
That doesn’t mean it’s great, mind you.
By
Matt Zoller Seitz
ladies and gentlemen…
Jan. 11, 2012
Meet Vulture’s New TV Critic, Matt Zoller Seitz
We gave him a questionnaire to reveal just what kind of TV viewer he is.
By
Matt Zoller Seitz
tv review
Nov. 4, 2011
TV Review: AMC’s Earnest
Hell on Wheels
Encroaches on
Deadwood
’s Territory
The most immediately obvious distinction is a sense of humor:
Deadwood
has one.
Hell on Wheels
does not.
By
Willa Paskin
tv review
July 19, 2011
TV Review:
Web Therapy
Moves to TV But Still Feels Bite-Sized
While funny, the comic possibilities are limited to stilted conversations, awkward silences, and misunderstandings
By
Carina Chocano
tv review
June 30, 2011
Why You Should Have Been Watching
Treme
Instead of
The Killing
’The Killing’ claims to be a “holistic journey” that doesn’t “tie things up in a bow,” but ‘Treme’ really is.
By
Emily Nussbaum
tv review
June 23, 2011
In
Wilfred
a Dog Gives Lessons on How to Be a Man
To smoke pot, hump waitresses, and be men.
By
Willa Paskin
tv review
Mar. 28, 2011
TV Review: Is
United States of Tara
the New
Dexter
?
’Tara’ has many of the strengths of ‘Dexter,’ not so many of its weaknesses.
By
Emily Nussbaum
tv
Dec. 17, 2010
Nussbaum: An Ode to
Cop Rock
, TV’s Unsung Procedural (and
Glee
’s Secret Sauce)
I’ve always thought back fondly on the 1990 Steven Bochco attempt at a musical procedural. It makes me wonder at the TV experiments we haven’t seen yet.
By
Emily Nussbaum
tv review
Dec. 13, 2010
Nussbaum: Betrayed by
Dexter
Season five of the show had lots of things that made no sense, and, worse, felt exploitative — something I’d rarely thought about the show.
By
Emily Nussbaum
tv review
Dec. 10, 2010
Nussbaum: The
Office
Christmas Episode Made Me Love the Show Again
Until “Classy Christmas,” I’d thought that, with a few exceptions, this season had gone off the rails.
By
Emily Nussbaum
tv review
Nov. 24, 2010
Nussbaum: Giving Thanks for
Parenthood
’Parenthood’ could easily be condemned for its yuppie navel-gazing. I say, bring on the navels. Let us gaze.
By
Emily Nussbaum
tv review
Nov. 17, 2010
Nussbaum’s Critical Speed Round:
Men of a Certain Age
,
Dexter
,
HIMYM
, and More
I’m a longtime fan of ‘How I Met Your Mother,’ but this season is bumming me out.
By
Emily Nussbaum
tv review
Nov. 15, 2010
Nussbaum:
The Good Wife
’s Bait and Switch
’The Good Wife’ is the first show about politics on a psychological level.
By
Emily Nussbaum
tv review
Nov. 11, 2010
Nussbaum: Reconsidering
Two and a Half Men
’Two and a Half Men’ isn’t dirty ha-ha, it’s dirty depressing.
By
Emily Nussbaum
tv review
Oct. 29, 2010
Why Is
Hawaii Five-0
So Inexplicably Popular?
I can just sum this up in one line: Please watcher ‘Terriers’ on FX instead.
By
Emily Nussbaum
tv review
Oct. 25, 2010
TV Review:
In Treatment
Is Back on the Couch
Romantic and agitating in turns, the HBO drama has, in its stealthy way, become one of the most experimental series on television.
By
Emily Nussbaum
tv review
Oct. 13, 2010
Don’t Be Afraid of
Dexter
, He’s Killing in Season Five
Showtime’s drama about a serial killer is disturbing, sure, but also one of the most brilliant dramas on TV.
By
Emily Nussbaum
tv review
Oct. 8, 2010
TV Review: The Stealthy, Noir-y Charms of
Terriers
’Terriers’ has pulled off a neat trick: looking like a procedural, then sneaking in something much more interesting.
By
Emily Nussbaum
tv review
Oct. 5, 2010
TV Review:
No Ordinary Family
a Little Better Than Ordinary
’No Ordinary Family’ is shaping up to be one of the few hits of this gloomy fall season, and while it wouldn’t be my top pick, I can’t begrudge it.
By
Emily Nussbaum
tv review
Sept. 24, 2010
TV Review:
My Generation
Is TV Catnip
What made me like this show, despite the fact that it is terrible?
By
Emily Nussbaum
tv review
Sept. 22, 2010
TV Review:
Running Wilde
— the New Model for the Bad Sitcom
Wow. This is bad. Not so bad it’s good. Just bad.
By
Emily Nussbaum
tv review
Sept. 21, 2010
TV Review: Brassy and Sweet
Raising Hope
Greg Garcia (
My Name is Earl
) creates one of the few good new sitcoms for fall.
By
Emily Nussbaum
surf
Sept. 20, 2010
TV Review:
Lone Star
Lives Up to the Hype
The Fox drama about a con man in Texas deserves every bit of advance buzz.
By
Emily Nussbaum